Mercator Ocean is a private, non-profit company owned by nine major players in operational oceanography worldwide:
CMCC
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
CNRS
French National Center for Scientific Research
IFREMER
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
IRD
French Research and Development Institute
Met Office
The UK’s National Weather Service
Météo France
French meteorological and climatological service
NERSC
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing
Puertos del Estado
Spanish port management service
SHOM
French hydrographic service